UC AD Whit Babcock and President Santa Ono have said they believe Cincinnati will be among the most attractive partners when the next flurry of conference re-alignment hits.

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After a weekend of talks and negotiations, the Big East has put together a framework of an agreement allowing member schools known as the Catholic 7 to break away from the Big East by July and take the "Big East'' name, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

According to the person, the main negotiations have involved how to split a Big East cash reserve which is in excess of $100 million and comes from exit fees paid by Big East schools that have left or are leaving the conference, as well as the lucrative basketball shares earned in the NCAA tournament by conference schools and a pair ...